How to Access ARMA Information and Updates
By Doug Allen, CRM, CDIA+ | September 22, 2008
One of the long-time and highly honored members of ARMA International posted a note on the Records Management Listserv a few weeks ago that he had concerns that many ARMA members may not be “in the loop” on what ARMA is doing with regard to recent Board of Directors movement toward a Two-Committee Structure and in dealing with potential governance changes that relate to that potential changes in governance (how the Association’s Board is organized to facilitate that new “two-committee structure”. I thought it might be appropriate to remind those who are ARMA members about how they can keep up with what is happening within ARMA…and how they can ensure that they are able to receive email messages that include that updated information.
There’s one very good way for ARMA members to do that. That would be through an opt-in request for such emails. Members can opt-in for a variety of e-mail newsletter subscriptions – including: a RIM Marketing reminder, the Washington, Canadian and European Policy Briefs, the Information Management Newswire and the General Email Alert. In order to access those options (those which may be most valuable to you, you can log in to the ARMA website with your email address and password, open up your account preferences and then to opt-in for those notifications that you’d like to receive.
Once on that page, you can note those newsletter subscriptions that you’d like to receive, can request the format for emails (html or text), can opt for an online election ballot, and can note other preferences as well – especially how you might not wish to be contacted. Finally, you can ask not to have your email address released to vendors, or can request that your email address not be displayed in the ARMA member directory.
If you review that site – something that I check on a periodic basis, don’t forget to click on the “submit changes” to ensure that those changes are applied to your membership.
The goals here are to ensure that members receive that information that they find most valuable, and that they are not “assaulted” by unwanted email. However, remember….. if you don’t opt-in for some of that information, you won’t get it, and are then likely to not know of what is happening in those different areas.
The somewhat belated response to Bill Benedon’s email note is that ARMA members can receive up-to-date information, including those items that relate to potential governance changes. However, it is up to each member to determine whether they wish to see that information.
Topics: ARMA International - Activities & Commentary |
